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Day 2,411: Stick the Landing

You can get away with a lot of shit if you stick the landing.

We finished our Marvel Cinematic Universe re-watch today…or, rather, ALMOST finished, since technically the second Spider-Man stand-alone is still part of “Phase 4 Part 2”…but we all know Endgame was the last movie of this generation.

It’s…

Spectacular.

I didn’t have an objective sense of these movies the first time I watched them, but particularly Endgame. It was the END. So much hype and energy and exhaustion with how ma...

Day 2,410: Smooth

Listening to our set from last night as I write this. A mix is coming in right now that I’m particularly proud of.

Nobody really talks about it, but that is DJing in a nutshell. It’s the skill of mixing two songs together so that the music never stops. That’s it. HOW you do that is, of course, varied. Sometimes it works best for the incoming song to be abrupt and sound very different. Sometimes it works best for the two of them to be almost indistinguishable. All depends on the songs and the ...

Day 2,409: Insanity

Insanely productive day today.

For some reason, I woke up almost two hours early this morning. Usually that spells disaster for my day, but not today. I was able to leverage that into an extra-long writing session this morning. I wrote for an hour instead of 30 minutes.

That’s my goal to work up to, anyway, so that was awesome. And it wasn’t hard. I’m grooving on the notes right now.

Work was great today, too. Super productive! Only thing I lagged a little bit on was getting in some TG1...

Day 2,408: The Groove

Back in the groove, writing-wise.

Man…that’s a good name for a book on writing: Writing Wise. Damn. Gonna have to remember that.

Anywho: the editing/planning is back to feeling hand-in-glove. Took a few days, but I’m digging it. Reading what I’ve written, making notes and identifying component parts. Taking it all apart, so to speak, so I can put it together even better.

Work was good. I haven’t been crazy productive in that regard this week, but I’ve been steady, and that’s enough. I’m...

Day 2,407: Revising

I’ve transition into revising my new book’s Act 1 this week, since I finished it last week.

It’s good, because I still have much of my editing/revising process to figure out. I will say this, however: I do have the first part of it down. I’ve created my own template for doing the Story Grid scene analysis breakdown.

That’s where I am at the moment. Breaking each scene down. I’m almost through chapter 1, which is waaaaay too long. But, I already have ideas on how to shorten it. Simplify.

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Day 2,406: Controlling The Narrative

I made some friends on Twitch tonight! That was fun

“One of Our Planets is Missing” (Star Trek: The Animated Series S1 Ep3)

Josh didn’t expect to like the animated series as much as he does, the boys cast the Enterprise crew as wrestlers with signature moves and catchphrases, and DeForest Kelley laments that while everyone else got ripped in animation…he just got older.

Day 2,405: Progress

Progress is being made on the personal front.

I had therapy today, and among other things—many, many other things, including how I feel betrayed by my country right now—we talked about the progress I’ve made.

I’m happier. I’m healthier. I’m more productive. And…though it’s still scary, I’m dreaming big again.

That’s complicated for me still, dreaming big. The act itself is wonderful-feeling and inspiring, but it doesn’t always make me feel good afterwards. Sometimes, it highlights for m...

Day 2,404: The States of America

My country is on fire tonight. Again.

I was talking with Liz about that while we were walking the pups tonight, just before a curfew was ordered in effect for all of Los Angeles. The last time I can remember protesting and rioting like this across the country was Ferguson. That was 2014. And here we are again.

So much in this country needs to change. We fought a war over slavery. The racism, fear, and anger in the US is deep. On nights like tonight, I fear we’re never going to get there, w...

Day 2,403: Teeth Day

Wow. So, today was all about my teeth, apparently